UNION MILLS -ÊA high school baseball game could not be any closer. The score was tied at 5-all in the bottom of the seventh.Bases juiced.Two outs.Full count. The final pitch of the game was a ball that sent the winning run across the plate. Unfortunately for the Triton Trojans, that winning run belonged to the Tri-Country Cavaliers in the first game of the South Central Regional Saturday morning. Tri-County was up 3-1 until the top of the seventh inning, when the Trojans made an exciting comeback.Joey Potter started the inning with a double and Tyson Blackford walked to put the tying run on first. A passed ball put the runners on second and third as Jake Burnett stepped to the plate.Burnett hit a single that sent both of his teammates across the plate and tied the score at 3. A ground ball by Kenny Miller moved Burnett to second, and Ryan Klotz hit a single to send him home for the go-ahead run.
Jen Gibson, Times-Union Sports Writer- | July 28, 2016